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6 June 2025
Local rehabilitation centre sees 50 per cent rise in referrals for 2025

WANGARATTA’S drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre has experienced a steep increase in referrals so far this year as a court Magistrate highlighted the difficulties in finding regional centre vacancies.

The topic was raised in Wangaratta Magistrates’ Court recently by Magistrate Ian Watkins, who sought avenues for a defendant to be placed into a local drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre as...

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